At Silverstone, Valentino Rossi may not have won the Grand Prix, but by finishing 7 tenths behind after leading 17 of the 20 laps of the race, he demonstrated to those who still doubted that at 38 years old, he was always at the top of his game.
Carmelo Ezpeleta, 71 years old, who presides over the destiny of MotoGP, did not forget to highlight what can be considered a new exploit of the man from Tavullia, and spoke about it in the columns of Republic : “He will never leave MotoGP. One day he might stop racing, although I believe that will happen in a long time: look at him today, he is still among the first and fighting for the title. »
He is 38 years old and has a contract that expires at the end of 2018, but... “Does it make sense to check your ID card? It's a kid: people stop doing sports because they got tired of working and the pressure they had to put up with for too long. Vale, no: it always pleases him more to do what he does. I notice it when I talk to him and when I see him running. Are you saying he's not normal? But what's normal about this circus, three thousand people traveling around the world every year? Does it seem normal to you to go at 350 mph and come close to within a few millimeters?
I tell you he won't leave. Never. He is like Enzo Ferrari for Formula 1, who identifies with the color red. And that of motorcycling is yellow. Valentino yellow. »
